Chu-Chin-Chow
Chu-Chin-Chow – 1934 | 93 mins | Musical | B&W
Plot Synopsis
Director Walter Forde‘s unimaginative version of the long-running Arabian Nights stage success that had been filmed previously as a silent picture. The story revolves around Ali Baba (George Robey) and the 40 Thieves, and exotic slave girl Zahrat (Anna May Wong) who foils one of the thieves (Fritz Kortner) posing as the Chinese mandarin he has killed.
Production Team
Walter Forde: Director
Erno Metzner: Art Direction
Mutz Greenbaum: Cinematography
Cathleen Mann: Costume Design
Derek N Twist: Editing
Louis Levy: Music Direction
Frederick Norton: Original Music
Michael Balcon: Producer
L DuGarde Peach: Script
Edward Knoblock: Script
Sidney Gilliat: Script
Frederick Norton): Script
A O’Donoghue: Sound Department
Cast
George Robey: Ali Baba
Fritz Kortner: Abu Hasan
John Garrick: Nur-al-din Baba
Pearl Argyle: Maryana
Laurence Hanray: Kasim Baba
Anna May Wong: Zahrat
Sydney Fairbrother: Mahbuba Baba
Thelma Tuson: Alcolom Baba
Dennis Hoey: Rakham
Frank Cochrane: Mustafa
Francis L Sullivan: The Caliph
